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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
These diseases were the cause of 426 deaths, 48 less than
last year, and 166 below the decennial average.
Small Pox, for the first time since 1895, appears as the cause
of three deaths, while Diphtheria, although one above last year,
is 43.5 under the corrected decennial average.
With the exception of Diarrhoea, and other zymotic diseases,
all the others are under; and Influenza, Whooping Cough, and
Measles, considerably under, the average for the last 10 years.
The death-rate per 1,000 from the above-mentioned zymotic
diseases was 1.81, compared with 2.12 in 1900, and 2.6 in 1899.
For the County of London the death-rate from the principal
zymotic diseases was 2.22, and for this Borough 1.55 per 1,000, or
several lowest in the 28 Metropolitan Boroughs.
In institutions situated outside the Borough there occurred
51 deaths of persons belonging to the Borough (14 to Clapham,
seven to Tooting, and 21 to Wandsworth). Of these 28 occurred
in the Union Infirmary: 12 from Measles, eight from Whooping
Cough, four from Influenza, two from Erysipelas, and two from
Diarrhoea; eight in General and Special Hospitals: six from
Diarrhoea, one from Whooping Cough, and one from other septic
diseases; and 15 in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board: three from Small Pox, four from Scarlet Fveer, and
eight from Diphtheria.
In internal institutions there occurred 188 deaths from
Zymotic Diseases of persons belonging to other places. 60 from
Scarlet -Fever, 91 from Diphtheria, 26 from Enteric Fever, two
from Whooping Cough, three from Measles, and one from other
septic diseases in the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board: three from Small Pox, four from Scarlet Fever, and
house; and one from Influenza in the Royal Hospital for Incurables.
Including Enteritis, the total number of deaths was 482,
and the death-rate 2.05, compared with 2.12 per 1,000 in 1900.